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By: Castro (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) |
H.B. No. 2385 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2009; |
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May 4, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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Justice; May 20, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 20, 2009, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment for the offense of prohibited sexual |
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conduct. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.02(c), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third |
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degree, unless the offense is committed under Subsection (a)(1) |
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[(a)(6)], in which event the offense is a felony of the second |
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degree. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that |
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date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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